UNIDENTIFIED assailants launched an assault on Niger’s capital that brought them perilously close to concentrated uranium powder stored at a military facility adjacent to Niamey’s international airport. Heavy gunfire and explosions erupted near Diori Hamani International Airport early Thursday at a location where yellowcake uranium from French company Orano’s mine had been stockpiled, said Bloomberg News citing …
The visit is being planned when Canada-US ties are at an all-time low and Carney is seeking to expand outreach with both India and China, eyeing to push exports and investments to boost the Canadian economy New Delhi: A 10-year deal on uranium supply to India can be the biggest outcome of Canadian PM Mike …
The European Commission is preparing to ban Russian nuclear products, said spokeswoman Ana-Kaisa Itkonen. This is part of the EU’s plan to remove all Russian energy carriers from the market. The EU is preparing to ban Russian products in the nuclear energy sector, said European Commission spokeswoman Ana-Kaisa Itkonen during a briefing on Tuesday, writes UNN. …
South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has formally moved to sell its 10.2% equity stake, citing the expiry of its investment horizon. In a recent Expression of Interest (EOI), the IDC said it intends to dispose of its shareholding in Rössing Uranium Limited, noting that the investment holding period has expired. The notice does not cite operational …
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney will likely visit India the first week of March and sign deals on uranium, energy, minerals and artificial intelligence, Dinesh Patnaik, India’s High Commissioner to Canada said in an interview. Carney is making all-out efforts to diversify Canada’s alliances beyond the U.S., its top trade partner. In Davos last week, he …
A huge uranium shipment that departed from northern Niger in late November has been stranded for weeks at Niamey airport. The cargo has created a diplomatic headache for the junta that seized power in 2023 and has since turned away from its traditional ally, France, and closer to Russia. Here is what we know about …
To further its nuclear partnership with one of Africa’s most influential nuclear stakeholders, Russia, Namibia recently discussed advancing the timeline for an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Russia and Namibia are negotiating an agreement to cooperate on peaceful nuclear energy development. A Namibian delegation recently met with Rosatom representatives in Moscow …
French nuclear-fuel producer Orano SA said it may seek minority investors to help finance a $5 billion uranium enrichment plant that’s planned in Tennessee. Orano was awarded $900 million this week by the US government to build the facility, but it’s still studying options for the rest of the funding required, the company said Tuesday. That may …
National Atomic Company “Kazatomprom” JSC (“Kazatomprom”) announces that on 26 December 2025 the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan signed a law on the “Amendments and Additions to the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan ‘On Subsoil and Subsoil Use’ regarding the improvement of subsoil use in the hydrocarbon and uranium sectors” (the “Law”).Kazatomprom highlights the …
The National Energy Compact was officially launched on Thursday, in a landmark step to end reliance on power imports. The launch marked the country’s formal entry into Mission 300, a high-stakes global initiative led by the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank to provide electricity to 300 million people across Sub-Saharan Africa by …